ESports

ESL has announced that the Intel Extreme Masters Katowice event was the biggest eSports event in history.  173,000 people attended the event over the two weekends, which is well above any other eSports event, while online broadcasts reached more than 46 million unique online viewers, a 35% growth from last …

Ubisoft has announced the return of the Rainbow Six Siege Pro League competition for its second year.  This year there is a few changes to the competition, with the most notable being the switch to PC only. In the first year the Pro League featured both a PC and Xbox …

Tournament organiser PGL has announced that it has been chosen by Valve to host the next Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Major in Krakow, Poland.  The announcement comes just four months before the main event is set to take place, with the final stages of the competition due to take place in …

Blizzard is suing a company that makes cheats for its games for more than $8.5 million.  The company, Bossland, creates cheats and hacks for many of Blizzard’s titles, and sells them online. Blizzard argues that this is copyright infringement, unfair competition, and violates the DMCA’s anti-circumvention provision. They also claim …

Hank Baskett, a former wide receiver for NFL teams such as the Philadelphia Eagles and Indianapolis Colts, has purchased a stake in Denial eSports.  The organisation announced the deal earlier in the week, with Baskett becoming a co-owner of the team alongside Stephen A. Crystal, a well known tech investor. …

Hi-Rez has announced a Paladins “Console Wars” competition that is due to take place at DreamHack Valencia.  The competition will pit the best Xbox One and PS4 Paladins teams against each other, as they compete for a share of the $50,000 prize pool. The Xbox finals will take place first …

Car care company Turtle Wax has announced it has extended its sponsorship of OpTic Gaming.  The deal was originally formed back in early 2016 and has seen the two companies work together on content, and of course keep the cars of the OpTic stars looking fresh. The expansion will see …

The World Esports Association has announced a new set of rules for its competitions that restrict one company owning or having a financial stake in multiple teams in the league.  A statement released by WESA states that “no team is permitted to be completely or partially owned or controlled by …

Blizzard has announced that Blizzcon 2017 will take place on November 3rd and 4th 2017 and will once again return to the Anaheim Convention Center.  The two day event will, as ever, feature panels with developers discussing all aspects of their games, hands on with new updates and potentially entire …

Multiplay and Activision have released some of the finer details of their upcoming Call of Duty World League event that is set to take place at Insomnia 60 in Birmingham next month.  The open competition allows anyone to compete providing they purchase the correct ticket. Up to 96 teams will …